, where publishers provide reduced-price digital texts to all course enrollees.
Regrettably, both the textbook industry and school decision-makers rushed to embrace digital reading platforms without assessing potential educational implications. Yet below the radar, teachers and students have often recognized the educational mismatch.found that 43% of college faculty believe students learn better with print materials — the same message students have been sending, when we bother to ask.
There’s a pressing need to rethink the balance between print and digital learning tools. When choosing educational materials, educators — and parents — have to consider many factors, including subject matter, cost, and convenience. However, it’s also important to remember that research findings usually tip the scales toward print as a more effective learning tool.
The pandemic drove society to educational triage, not just by pivoting to digital materials but also by. As schools continue to reopen and rethink their educational goals, research about learning should be used to help find the right balance between screens and print in the digital age. Naomi S. Baron is professor emerita of linguistics at American University and author of “How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio.”
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